"No... no..." Inkforge responded with a slight hesitation, shaking his head.
Before he could finish his sentence, Casey grabbed his wrist and forcefully twisted it, causing his right wrist to immediately break.
"Ah..." Inkforge cried out in pain.
"If you don't start talking straight, I'll break every bone in your body!" Casey spoke sternly.
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you." Inkforge hurriedly began. "Inside the stone cave, there's God-Emperor's Chi-Killing Formation. It seems to have been set up by a powerful War God-Emperor who didn't want to be disturbed by future generations... Ink Pavilion didn't know about it initially. Hundreds of our people entered, and all of them were killed by the Chi-Killing Formation..."
"War God-Emperor's Chi-Killing Formation?" Hearing his words, Casey and the others couldn't help but inhale sharply.
A true God-Emperor Realm expert, if determined, could condense their Chi even after death, capable of killing without a physical presence. In Place of Darkness, the War Emperor who had fallen decades ago still possessed enough Chi to slay a War Grandmaster.
It was evident that the War God-Emperor's Chi was powerful enough to kill a War Emperor. If it were a peak-stage War God-Emperor, their Chi could likely even slay early-stage War God-Emperors.
"You couldn't handle it either?" Casey continued to look at Inkforge.
"I... I could barely get in..." Inkforge replied.
"The War God-Emperor who fell here is probably at least in the mid-stage, or the Chi energy wouldn't be this strong."
"What's inside the stone cave?" Azure Dragon inquired.
"There's only a stone coffin inside... nothing else." Inkforge replied with difficulty. "The... the stone coffin is sealed with something we can't open."
"You brought people from those major sects here, not just to ask for help in opening the coffin, right?" Billy remarked.
"The Chi-Killing Formation inside, it's not limitless. Each time it kills, it weakens..." Inkforge didn't conceal the truth.
"Ink Pavilion certainly has its methods." Azure Dragon commented in a disdainful voice.
Inkforge's implication was clear-they wanted the disciples of the major sects to act as human shields. With thousands of people entering, the Emperor's Chi would likely be depleted.
"Boss, what should we do?" Vermilion Bird asked Billy.
"Billy, why don't we give it a try?" Ivy Chandler suggested with a glint in her eye.
"Alright," Billy nodded slightly.
Ivy Chandler then raised her sword and sliced off a protruding rock at the top of the wall. After the rock fell, about the size of a washbasin, Billy sent it flying into the cave with a powerful gust of wind.
As the rock reached the bend, several strands of Chi, as substantial as matter, slashed out from within, instantly shattering the rock into pieces.
Judge and Soul Chaser both yelled out, while Casey and the others' expressions also changed slightly.
Those Chi strands were strong enough to kill any early-stage War Emperor. The Chi at the entrance was already formidable; the interior must be even more terrifying.
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